Huffington Post: ESPN Reporter Stiff Arms Rival

 

		ESPN Reporter Stiff Arms Rival
	The 2012 Sugar Bowl between Michigan and Virginia Tech was broadcast on ESPN and featured Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge up in the announcer's booth and Holly Rowe reporting from down on the sideline. Following the Wolverine's first BCS Bowl win since 2000, Rowe showed her colleagues that a network doesn't become known as the "Worldwide Leader" in anything without using some strong-arm tactics. During the frenetic postgame scene, Rowe sought out Michigan head coach Brady Hoke immediately after the game for an on-field interview. And nobody was going to scoop Rowe -- even if they got there first. In...

 

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Test Cast #1 is up

Here is the link for the test cast in case the file I sent was too big for your mail server to deliver.  I didn't check the size until after I hit send 14.something MB.  Oopsie!  beta cast    When (if) this becomes a real thing, I will take the steps to try and make it available on iTunes as well as here.

Possible Reason To Worry

I'm working up the nerve to create a podcast.  My idea is a weekly, 15 minute collection of thoughts and stories, with maybe some music thrown in.  I want to get the most out of my new iMac.

I joined Netflix Nation

Here are my first two movies in the queue:


Kevin James in BluRay, baby!!!

I don't like a lot of people these days

Mostly those far right wackos who are foaming at the mouth about socialism, communism, Obama thugs, death panels, tea parties, etc. I am appalled at their audacity. They expect me to believe that their anger over our nation's woes is anything other than racial fears being exploited by out of work NeoCons!

Here's a blast from the past. Little Rock, Arkansas 1959


50 years later it's a new crop of scared, ill informed white folks.

Ren and Stimpy-Happy Happy Joy Joy

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdD7cG4rz48

3G, yo!

Drinking Fountain Fail

http://failblog.org/2009/04/26/drinking-fountain-fail/

3G, yo!

That's right, I cook

Tonight I prepared some burgers for a camping trip next month. Last year we used some Bubba Burgers. They were really good, but I got the itch to prepare my own. Here's how I did it:

2 lbs ground round
2.5 oz package real bacon pieces
4 oz package cheese crumbles
butt rub seasoning (to taste)

mix ground round with seasoning until well mixed. Then separate meat into even portions. You can make 4 1/2 lb burgers or 6 1/3 lb burgers. separate each portion into 2 equal portions. I used a 4" round mini quiche dish as a form. Press one half of portion into bottom of form. add bacon and cheese to middle of meat. Top with second half of portion. press at edges of form all the way around to seal the edge. remove from form and continue to seal and shape the patty on cutting board.


I made 2 batches, one with colby jack cheese and one with bleu cheese. I transferred them to a freezer container and placed wax paper between them to prevent sticking. I'll get back to you in a month and tell you how they taste! I'll also try to remember how long they take to cook. I made the 1/2 pound size.

Murderbears: Chapter 2

My newest waste of time.

I discovered this site through a friend of mine on FB. You can make your own movies by typing dialogue and tweaking expressions, camera angles, and whatnot. We'll see how long it takes to completely make me crazy

Presenting: Murderbears Chapter 1

Test

Kyia enjoying some birthday cake

Still breathing

Just posting to prove my existence and to keep anyone from shovelling dirt on me. Life is hectic nowadays, those on the inner plane know what I mean. FB also occupies n inordinate amount of my time. I could say, "I'll do better" but I can't guarantee it. We'll see. Hugs to everyone!!

Here: enjoy this:

The New Sensation Sweeping the Nation!

I 1st saw this interesting MEME about creating a fictional album on my favorite music forum, Stonerrock.com. Then AB posted it on his blog. Here are the instructions

-> Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
-> Go to "Random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
->Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
->Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

So I decided to display the albums I have created so far...


there are a couple more on my laptop that I might add later. You can see the others created on Stonerrock here: link (if you're not a registered user you will have to click on the right side of each post to show images. This is to protect the kiddies!)

We can all learn from this

Now THAT'S a logo!

The new logo for Stewart Haas racing has been on my mind for a few days now. Why, oh why, you might ask, would a race team's logo be on your mind? Well, I 'll tell you. Because I think it is really freaking cool! Here is the 1st logo they used:


It was scary bad, in a Star Wars rip off way. It looks like the straight to video VHS cover of a bad sci fi movie! Awful, awful stuff. If I had to see a car or merchandise with that logo on it, I might stare at the sun.

Here is the new logo:

Look at the classic lines. The retro font. The colors, the shape and style! Man, I wish I had designed this. GET 3 needs a t shirt with this logo on it, stat!


* after studying the logo again and again, something familiar came to mind. The font of the word "racing" is very familiar to me. I've seen it on the side of a race car before:

Here's a more detailed image of the car:

STR8 Arrow on saturday

#1 Stewart, #2 Edwards, #7 Earnhardt Jr., #11 Harvick.

Well done, gentlemen! Let's tighten it up a little tomorrow!

p.s. just tried logging on to Hendrickcars.com to register, received Server too busy message. Stewart is advertising gold! Gold, Jerry, Gold!

MMMM, Activision, I think I love you...

I got this info from the innernets today about the Metallica edition of Guitar Hero that will be coming out in 09, I think:

All Nightmare Long
Battery
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Fade To Black
Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley)
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
One
Orion
Sad But True
Seek And Destroy
The Memory Remains
The Shortest Straw
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Unforgiven
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Wherever I May Roam
Whiplash

Then there are the non Metallica tracks:

* ALICE IN CHAINS - No Excuses
* BOB SEGER - Turn The Page
* CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Albatross
* DIAMOND HEAD - Am I Evil?
* FOO FIGHTERS - Stacked Actors
* JUDAS PRIEST - Hell Bent For Leather
* KYUSS - Demon Cleaner
* LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Tuesdays Gone
* MACHINE HEAD - Beautiful Mourning
* MASTODON - Blood And Thunder
* MERCYFUL FATE - Evil
* MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Armed and Ready
* MOTÖRHEAD - Ace of Spades
* QUEEN - Stone Cold Crazy
* SAMHAIN - Mother of Mercy
* SLAYER - War Ensemble
* SOCIAL DISTORTION - Mommy's Little Monster
* SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - War Inside My Head
* SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity
* THE SWORD - Black River
* THIN LIZZY - The Boys Are Back in Town

You'll notice a track by a little known band that starts with a "K" that this guy is stoked to rock out to. Bring it on!

Alice In Chains - No Excuses
Bob

Happy New Year

More to follow...

Change has come at last

In case you haven't checked lately, Tony Stewart has moved on to his greener pastures.
Good luck, Smoke, and welcome back to the bowtie!

p.s. the pic is a link to his new site

News Flash!!!

Sure everyone thinks the Evil Empire's acquisition of free agent Mark Teixeira is the big news item of the day. Well they are wrong, dead wrong. The big news of the day is that yours truly has finally harnessed the power of High Definition....

I have now entered the world of Blu Ray. I wanted to get the model one step down, which was $100 less, but when you go to the box store on the week of Christmas, the pickins can be rather slim. This beaut was the only one there from Samsung. Since I already have a Samsung TV (50" DLP) I wanted seamless integration. Here are my 1st 2 BluRay discs:

I knew I wanted Dark Knight after watching it on DVD, and I am a huge Coen Bros. admirer. BluRay discs aren't cheap, so my library will grow slowly. Luckily, my player will upconvert my existing DVD's to 1080p, so they will not be relegated to the scrap heap!